Larson v. Tansy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 federal appellate · 1 district · 26 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “does not require the defendant's presence when his presence would be useless, or the benefit nebulous.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. White · People v. Payne

2. “The record indicates defendant’s counsel, and not defendant, waived defendant’s right of presence at trial. The trial court never directly addressed defendant concerning his counsel’s request to conduct the remainder of the trial in defendant’s absence. We hold that defendant did not waive his right to be present.... Even if defense counsel could have validly waived defendant’s right to be present for the conclusion of his trial, where defense counsel did not consult with defendant concerning the waiver and did not obtain defendant’s consent, the waiver will not be binding on defendant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carter v. Sowders · Parson v. Commonwealth

3. “'substantial' " due process right under Snyder, since the "defendant's mere presence, aside from any assistance defendant could have given to his counsel, would have been useful and would have provided more than a shadow of benefit.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Luu v. People · Rice v. Wood Rice